I'd had people say, 'You'll enjoy being famous for a week, and you'll never enjoy it again'. But I don't think I had that week. I may have been working and missed that moment.

You will never solve poverty without solving water and sanitation.

Now I feel I have an unspoken deal with the paparazzi: 'I won't do anything publicly interesting if you agree not to follow me.'

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

If anybody wanted to photograph my life, they'd get bored in a day.

My wife is my soul mate. I can't imagine being without her.

I'm always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it's a director's medium, and if they don't want to hear from me I just step back.

Sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage

If you can't help people, then what is the point of being successful?

It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants.

Please find out what you can do to make a difference. Take five minutes to educate yourself on an issue you didn't know about before. Then tell somebody else.

This life is a journey and it is one that can be snatched right out of our hands. Therefore it is wise to know where you are going when you leave this life behind.

Many men, One CryOne Woman, a Pleasant Pride.

I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone.

Without a battle there is no victory.

I go to castings and see several black and Asian girls, then I get to the show and look around there's just me and maybe one other coloured face.

I think it's the society that drains us out, and we are in a society where we are driven by money.

Don't lose the best thing in your life just because you are not sure.

For me, language is something that I've always loved. When I read, that's what I look for. When I write, that's what I strive for.

I love Elmore Leonard. To me, True Romance is basically like an Elmore Leonard movie.

Who wants to live in the present? It's such a limiting period compared to the past.